Music-leaf holder



(No Model.)

W. G. SE'ELY.

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UNLITED STATES PATEN Oriana.

WILLIS G. SEELY, OF ALBANY, NEYV YORK.

MUSIC-LEAF HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 274,637, dated March 13,1883. Application filed January 30, 1883. (No model.)

clear, and exact description of the invention,

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leaf-clamps, and Fig.5isacrosssection through which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of amusic-rack pro vided with my improved music-leaf holder. Fig. 2 is asimilar View of the holder detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of oneof the clamp- Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the the leaf-clamp andbar.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts invall thefigures.

My invention has relation to music-leaf holders; and it consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts of a holder having a barclamped to the music-rack, upon which spring-clamps adapted to hold themusic-leaf slide adjustably, as hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

in the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the music-rack, andB the flat bar or plate. The edges 0 of this bar are turned upward andoutward, forming flanges or ways upon which the leaf-clamps D slide, andit has a series of longitudinal slots, E, at both ends, through whichtwo screws, G, having square heads F, may be inserted. Upon the outerscrew-threaded parts of these screws turn theclamping-disksH,havingcentralscrew-threaded perforations, I. These disksare convex, turning their convex sides outward, and hearing with theirinner edges against the rack, and are provided with several largerperforations, J, for the reception of the fingers of the personadjusting them, ofi'ering a place of resistance in turning them. Thescrews are insertedthrough the slots and in between the scrolls orcross-pieces in the rack at such a place where the disks may be broughtto bear upon the rear surface of the rack,and the disks,- being made ofelastic or springy metal plates, and having their springinessincreasedby their perforations, will hold the bar very firmly upon the rack whenscrewed down upon it.

The leaf-clamps D consist of bent strips of steel plate or other springymetal plate, the outer free ends, K, of which press against themusic-leaf, while their inner ends, L, slide upon bar B. The edges Mof'the inner ends are bent downward and inward, adapted to clasp aroundand slide upon the flanges'fl of the bar, and one of the edges, N, isbent outward again, so as to enable the clamps as well to be sprung overand upon the flanges (l as to he slid in from the ends of bar B. Theinner portions of the inner ends, L, are out out to form lips O, whichare bent downward, and serve to increase the friction of the clamps uponthe bar, the ends of the lips bearing against the depressed part of thebar by their elasticity.

It will thus be seenthat the bar may be .fastened upon any shape ofmusic-rack, and

that the leaf-clamps may he slid upon the bar to suit the width of themusic sheet or'book, while they will remain upon the place where they.have been adjusted. by the pressure of the lips 0 upon the deprtssedpart of the bar.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- 1. A'music-clamp consisting of adoubled or bent strip of spring metal, having at one end the downwardand inward bent edge M and downward, inward, and outward bent edge N, asshown and set forth.

2. The leaf-clamps D, bent in the shape as described, having at one endthe bent edges M and N upon their inner ends, and having lips 0 cut fromthe body of the same end, between the edges M and N, as and for thepurpose shown and set forth. I

3. The combination, in a music-leaf holder, of the bar orrail B, havingupward and outward turned edges 0, with the sliding leafclamps D,consisting of doubled or bent strips of springy metal, having the edgesM upon one-side of their inner ends bent downward and inward, and theedges N upon the other side bent downward, inward, and again outwatd,and cut in the middle to form lips'O, as and for the purpose shown andset forth.

4. The herein-described music-leaf holder, consisting of bar B, havingflanges (J and slots ISL E, screws G, having square inner part F, con-In testimony that I claim the foregoing as vex clamping-disks H, havingcentral screwmy own I have hereunto affixed my signature 1o threadedperforation I and. larger perforations in presence of two witnesses. J,and bent leaf-clamps D, having bent edges 5 M and N, and lips Oupontheir inner ends, all WILLIS SEELY' constructed and combined to operatesubstan- Witnesses: tially as and for the purpose shown and set EDWARDK. JENKINS, forth. ROBERT H. CLARK.

